The document summarizes a company's use of wireless technology to troubleshoot intermittent issues with a flow meter. The process operator was seeing unacceptable flow variability, but the technician saw stable readings when present. Using wireless diagnostic tools and monitoring capabilities, they were able to continuously monitor the flow meter for faults. This identified grounding and wiring issues as the cause of the intermittent behavior. The solution took less than 2 hours to implement and cost under $2000, eliminating disruptions to the process and operator distractions.

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